Gracemary reported that a decision was made at the July 1st Technical Services Council meeting that
this groupBformerly the Holdings Working GroupBshould be re-named the Technical Services Core Working
Group and be a subsidiary of the Council. Its work should support the goals of the Council:

with ISAWG, test inventory procedure developed by Ruth Bogan and Lori Stether. Robeson Library has embarked on its own inventory; Ann Watkins at Dana is interested in pilot inventory projects.

improve and expand the efficiency of distributed technical services. Services should be identified, documented, and evaluated, with procedures standardized across locations. This is most critical for services with a system-wide impact.

improve efficiency in the purchasing, cataloging, and distribution of resources. This includes the processes of ordering, renewing, and cancelling serials; note should be taken of the recommendations of the Online Serial Evaluation Committee.

It was further determined that members of the committee should meet twice a month, although there was
general agreement that not all members need be present at each meeting. The new charge could be
roughly divided into two categories of work, with each section meeting monthly.

The Committee agreed that extensive and in-depth training of using MARC holdings to fuel inventory was
necessary and should be undertaken as quickly as possible. Two dates were selected, and everyone was
urged strongly to attend both sessions. 1st session, 10 August 2004 in Newark. 2nd session, 18 August,
location TBA. Training is expected to last all day.

To highlight the urgency of this training, Ian brought to the table several examples of how the MARC
holdings affect the bindery record.